Yes, but a larger pop vote sure would have helped.
Does Maine apportion their electoral votes by Congressional district? And if they do, are they the only state to do this?
If this is an option it seems to me that it would be the only way that Republicans/conservatives could have votes that count anymore in California. A ballot proposition would be the way to achieve this because the California legislature would never pass it. But a well financed proposition campaign would have a good chance at succeeding.
The popular vote totals were skewed by California, where Clinton got 2.5 million more votes than Trump. In New York he lost by 1.5 million. That’s 4 million right there in only two states.
He won the election with broad support across many states. California and New York are liberal bastions, and pretty much hopeless.